Boehner a rubber stamp for Pelosi? — It's an attack ad that writes itself: The House Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner (Ohio), votes with liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a majority of the time. — The statistic seems impossible to believe, given the ferocity …

Bankers Ignored Signs of Trouble on Foreclosures — At JPMorgan Chase & Company, they were derided as “Burger King kids” — walk-in hires who were so inexperienced they barely knew what a mortgage was. — At Citigroup and GMAC, dotting the i's and crossing the t's on home foreclosures …

Wells adds to crisis over home seizures — The US mortgage foreclosure crisis deepened as it emerged that Wells Fargo may have used practices that prompted rivals to halt home repossessions, and JPMorgan Chase said banks might be fined over the issue. — Bank of America …

For Reid, No Shaking Tea Party Challenger — LAS VEGAS — Senator Harry Reid of Nevada first thought he could scrape his way to re-election by invoking his power as majority leader and reminding voters what that means for his home state. When that didn't seem to work …

Entering tonight's debate, poll shows Angle ahead of Reid — Gap remains within margin of error in battle for Senate seat — For the first time since Sharron Angle won the GOP primary, she's edging out U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in a new poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 8NewsNow highlighting …

Rabbi Breaks With Paladino Over Apology — Well, that didn't last long. — The alliance between the Republican Carl P. Paladino and an Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn has fallen apart, with the rabbi denouncing Mr. Paladino on Wednesday for his apology over remarks he had made about homosexuality on Sunday.

Blumenthal Opens Up Double-Digit Lead In Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Connecticut Poll Finds; Independent Voters Shift Back To Democrat — Reversing a months-long decline in his lead in the Connecticut U.S. Senate race, Democratic State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has opened up a 54 …

WH's Jarrett: Dead Gay Bully Victim — Made ‘Lifestyle Choice’ — The last time I heard anyone use the obnoxious phrase “lifestyle choice” to describe a gay person's sexual orientation was during the Bill Clinton presidency when the gays were accused of wanting “special rights.”

Wilders' Trial: Win One, Lose One — Posted by Robert Spencer on Oct 14th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. — Robert Spencer is a scholar …

Rove, Chamber ads widely debunked as false or misleading — Here's something important that's getting lost in the firefight over the money funding the ads by the U.S. Chamber and Karl Rove's groups: Many of the ads themselves have been debunked by independent fact checkers as false, grossly misleading, or marred with distortions.

Public Employees and Elections: A Conflict of Interest? — None of my family and friends is allowed to appear on Wheel of Fortune. Same goes for my kids' teachers or the guys who rotate my tires. If there's not a real conflict of interest, there is, at least, the appearance of one.

Military ballots may not count in Illinois — CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.

Tea Party Frontrunner: Abolish Public Schools — In California, GOP congressional candidate David Harmer wants to eliminate public education. But you won't hear him touting his extreme views on the campaign trail. — Post Comment — It's fairly common for conservative political candidates …

Chuck Norris 8 Steps To Rebuild America's Economy (Part 2) — Editors' note: this is part two of Chuck Norris' column. For Part 1, click here. — When Barack Obama was elected president, he made claims that he would “go through our federal budget — page by page, line by line — eliminating those programs we don't need.”

ICE Deports Non-Spanish Speaking American Citizen to Mexico — How does a U.S. citizen who has never been to Mexico, speaks no Spanish and shares no Mexican heritage end up being deported there, spending the next four months living on the streets and in the shelters and prisons of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala?

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